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This is a mirror of Fred Parker's Ultimate Exposure Computer, originally published at fredparker.com. The original site appears to be offline, and this guide is too valuable to lose. All credit goes to Fred Parker. I first came across Fred Parker's Ultimate Exposure Computer thanks to a post on Analog Photography Users Group (now Photrio) and it changed the way that I shot photography. Up to that…
Language learning is hard. Learning them as an adult is even harder. There are times when you will feel like it has been months since you have made any progress matched by days where you will feel your target language pours out your mouth with native ease. Over the last six years and across two new languages, I've gone through piles of language learning content to find what works for me. I want to…
Defenders not only have to keep up with ever-evolving threats, but also with the Rosetta Stone of threat names spread across organizations. Microsoft with its types of weather , Mandiant (now Google Cloud) with its UNC/APT system , CrowdStrike with animals, Unit 42 with constellation names , and the ever-growing smattering of smaller firms with intelligence groups using their own or no naming…
I was somewhere in my pre-teens when we first got the internet at the house. My dad had a few terminals with acoustic couplers before that, but the first time I truly remember using the internet was after that screech of the dial-up modem. After opening the browser, dad put me in front of the keyboard and told me to go visit a website, any website. Unable to decide where to go and with that…
In my photographic practice I tend to be much more interested in why a photograph is impactful due to its content or what makes the photograph more beautiful than the scene that was photographed. As a researcher, this changes and I am often using OSINT sources to derive details about a photograph. I try to determine locations based on the sun and shadows, distant ridge lines, the positioning of…
I put this definition of my system here in the hopes that anyone struggling to develop one can find some direction in it. I highly recommend playing around with what works for you and covers the technologies you are most comfortable with in your day-to-day usage. This method gave me the hybrid approach I sought, but your mileage may vary. Over the years I've developed a hybrid approach to how I…
This is a common question when meeting new photographers both experienced and budding. I've decided to answer this question as thoroughly as possible here along with some of my thoughts around that thinking it will be useful to someone or perhaps just as an easy way to share with others when they ask. I intend to treat this as a bit of a living document as I continue to learn as a photographer and…